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		oidar 58 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Are Apple gift cards safe to redeem? I don't hate apple; I only use apple computers and phones. They are mostly better than any other alternative. But you have to concede that being in the advertising business at any level doesn't do them any favors re: privacy commitments. I only criticize because I want to keep what's good from becoming bad.

ChrisMarshallNY 58 days ago [–]

Fair point.

But they are nowhere near the scale of other companies.

I feel as if Silicon Valley has really forgotten its hardware roots, though, and that's sad.

Making things is really difficult, and extremely risky. Playing with data is really easy, and quite profitable.

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